Portal:Japan/Anniversaries/September/September 1

September 1:

Events
 * 1923 - The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.

Births
 * 1864 - Akashi Motojiro (d. 1919), general
 * 1886 - Shigeyasu Suzuki (d. 1957), general
 * 1935 - Seiji Ozawa, conductor and director
 * 1971 - Yoshitaka Hirota, bass player and composer
 * 1974 - Yutaka Yamamoto, director and producer, founded Ordet Animation Studio
 * 1984 - Yūta Hiraoka, actor

Deaths
 * 1256 - Kujō Yoritsune (b. 1218), shogun